different between eagerness vs elation

English

Alternative forms

• eagreness (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English egernesse, egrenesse; equivalent to eager +? -ness.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?i??n?s/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?i???n?s/
• Hyphenation: ea?ger?ness

Noun

eagerness (usually uncountable, plural eagernesses)

1. The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire.
   • 1909: Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

     The things he had to tell about...were enough to make you almost tremble with excitement, when you heard all the intimate details from an animal charmer and realized with what thrilling eagerness and anxiety the whole busy underworld was working.

2. (obsolete) Tartness; sourness

Translations

Anagrams

• Gerasenes, eagreness, green seas, sea greens

English

Etymology

From Middle English elacioun, from Old French elacion, from Latin ?l?ti?nem, accusative singular of ?l?ti? (“exaltation, elevation; pride, elation”), from ?l?tus, perfect passive participle of effer? (“bring forth or out; raise; exalt”), from ? (“out of”), short form of ex, + fer? (“carry, bear”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

elation (countable and uncountable, plural elations)

1. An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism.
2. A feeling of joy and pride.
3. (geometry) A collineation that fixes all points on a line (called its axis) and all lines though a point on the axis (called its center).

Related terms

• elate
• elated
• efferent

Translations

Anagrams

• Oltenia, toenail